Difference between Illuminate and Enlighten

ILLUMINATE vs ENLIGHTEN: NOUN

To expose to or reveal by radiation.
To adorn (a page of a book, for example) with ornamental designs, images, or lettering in brilliant colors or precious metals.
To enlighten intellectually or spiritually; enable to understand.
To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate.
To make understandable; clarify.
To decorate or hang with lights.
To provide or brighten with light.
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

To give information to; inform or instruct.
To give spiritual or intellectual insight to.
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct.
To supply with light; to illuminate.

Decorated with or as with colored pictures.
Introduce light into
Make clear
Enlightened; illuminated.
To display a profusion of lights, in order to express joy, triumph, etc.
To decorate in color by hand; adorn with pictures, ornamental letters, designs, etc., in colors, gold, silver, etc., in flat tints, especially without shading, or with merely conventional shading: as, the illuminated missals or manuscripts of the middle ages.
To throw light upon; make luminous or clear; illustrate or elucidate.
To enlighten; inform; impart intellectual or moral light to.
To light up profusely; decorate with many lights, as for festivity, triumph, or homage: as, to illuminate one's house and grounds; the city was illuminated in honor of the victory.
To give light to; light up.

To shed light upon; supply with light; illuminate.
To give intellectual or spiritual light to; illuminate by increase of knowledge and wisdom; instruct; impart knowledge to: as, to enlighten an ignorant community; she was soon enlightened as to his motives.
Synonyms To illume, illumine, irradiate.
To teach.
Give spiritual insight to
In religion
Make clear

Brighten, Illustrate, Sort out, Shed light on, Clear up, Straighten out, Light up, Illume, Clear, Clarify, Crystallize, Enlighten, Light, Elucidate, Illumine

Teach, Inspire, Inform, Educate, Sort out, Clear up, Straighten out, Clear, Irradiate, Shed light on, Crystallize, Clarify, Illuminate, Elucidate, Edify

Highlight, Lighting, Brighten, Illustrate, Sort out, Shed light on, Straighten out, Light up, Clear, Clarify, Crystallize, Enlighten, Light, Elucidate, Illumine

Advise, Tell, Teach, Inspire, Inform, Educate, Sort out, Straighten out, Clear, Irradiate, Shed light on, Crystallize, Clarify, Illuminate, Elucidate

AM the LCD will illuminate to LOW setting.
Guaranteed to illuminate the minds of your audience.
Two recent, rigorously conducted studies illuminate the picture.
LED light was attached to illuminate the fiber.
May your light illuminate every darkness surrounding you.
Brennan needs no spotlight to illuminate the stage.
LEDs to illuminate the display in dark environments.
The LED headlights may be malfunctioning if the headlights do not illuminate or if they do not illuminate at the appropriate brightness.
CANCEL button to activate the COOKIES The button backlight will illuminate red, the oven alert will sound and the LCD screen will illuminate orange.
CANCEL button to activate the REHEAT The button backlight will illuminate red, the oven alert will sound and the LCD screen will illuminate orange.

Holy Spirit, enlighten us with Thy heavenly inspirations.
Hopefully the information presented herein will enlighten those.
To cause light, brighten, illuminate, enlighten, inform, civilize.
Please enlighten us to the accurate facts Lyndall.
Can anyone enlighten to what exactly R does.
Minister should enlighten the House on this issue.
Anyone can enlighten me or have similar experiences?
Can someone educate these people or enlighten them?.
Due to Geomerics shutting down Enlighten as a product, Unity is required to remove Enlighten.
It is a call to enlighten oneself and enlighten others.